PRADEEP vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~57 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6962/2024 PRADEEP .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Saahila Lamba and Ms. Nidhi Sharma, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 19.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner was enrolled as a Constable in the Central Industrial Security Force1 on 19 June 2000. Some time in 2015, the petitioner started suffering from psychological issues, including Schizophrenia. 2. The case of the petitioner, as articulated by Ms. Saahila Lamba before us, is that the psychological disturbances from which the petitioner was suffering were aggravated by the conditions of his service in the CISF. 3. The petitioner was invalided out of service owing to his psychological condition on 17 June 2023. 1 “CISF” hereinafter Signature Not Verified Signed By:GUNN W.P.(C) 6962/2024 Page 1 of 4 Signing Date:22.11.2025 12:09:50 4. The petitioner was granted invalid pension. The petitioner’s claim is that he is entitled to disability pension. 5. Ms. Lamba has placed reliance on medical board proceedings which has assessed the petitioner’s condition dated 24 March 2021 and 25 November 2021. In both these cases, the medical board has found that, though the depressive and other psychotic symptoms from which the petitioner was suffering may have been attributable to the domestic issues, they may have been aggravated by military service. In column 21 of each of these opinions, it is opined, which is stated thus: “(21) If not directly attributable to service, was it aggravated thereby, if so by what specific condition? May have been aggravated by stress and s